McDonough & Rea Associates, Inc.
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John N. Ernst, PE
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December 28, 2022
ANALYSIS OF FUTURE TRAFFIC
Traffic engineers calculate levels of service of unsignalized and signalized intersections which relate to the quality of traffic flow. Level of service is a measure of average control delay. Average control delay is the time lost due to deceleration and the amount of time from when a vehicle is stopped for a traffic control device (or at the end of the queue) to when the vehicle departs the intersection. Delay is a relative quantity of driver discomfort, frustration, fuel consumption, and loss in travel time.
Levels of service range from “A” to “F,” with “A” being the highest, or best attainable level of service. Level of service “E” with average control delays of not more than 50 seconds per vehicle at an unsignalized intersection or 80 seconds per vehicle at a signalized intersection indicates near to or at capacity conditions and is generally considered the limit of acceptable level of service and delay.
Full definitions of levels of service for unsignalized and signalized intersections as well as level of service summaries are included in the Appendix. The intersections studied by this report were analyzed according to the procedures set forth in the Highway Capacity Manual 2010, using the McTrans Highway Capacity Software (HCS), release 7.9.5.
Level of service summaries and findings for the 2032 design year for Phases I thru IV are detailed below.
CR 537/PINE DRIVE
At the reconfigured CR 537/Pine Drive signalized intersection, findings were that this signalized intersection would operate at level of service “D” or better based on the Phase I improvement program that includes reconfiguring/widening the intersection and a new traffic signal system operating as a 3-phase, 110 second cycle, as follows:
➢ Weekday PM peak street hour: Level of service “D”, 36.0 seconds of delay.
Saturday AM peak street hour: Level of service "C", 34.0 seconds of delay.
Saturday PM peak street hour: Level of service "D", 48.3 seconds of delay.
Based on the foregoing analyses, the recent geometric/timing/phasing improvements associated with Adventure Crossing will be capable of supporting the full build Adventure Crossing traffic volumes within acceptable traffic engineering parameters.